title: [Caries prevalence in Zurich schoolchildren in 1970, 1983 and 1988].
abstract: In 1988, a random sample of 657 school children of the City of Zurich was examined for dental caries using standardized methods. The children at age 12 and 14 had 2.36 and 4.24 DMFT, respectively. There was a decline of caries prevalence during the period 1983-1988. Compared with the earliest available data obtained in 1958 and 1961, the children of 1988 had 69 to 78% less DMFT, and 54 to 60% when compared with the data obtained in 1970.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Präventivzahnmedizin, Parodontologie und Kariologie, Universität Zürich.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Steiner
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Menghini
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Curilovic
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Marthaler
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003750:Dental Fissures / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D013557:Switzerland / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
vernacular_title: Kariesprävalenz bei Zürcher Schulkindern 1970, 1983 und 1988.